In the late 1800’s Alferd Packer led a small group of men into the Rocky Mountains to seek out the town of Breckinridge. But as winter set in two things became very clear. One, Packer had no idea where he was or where he was going and two, after running low on supplies, people’s bellies began to really rumble. In the end only Packer himself walked out of the Rockies and into Breckinridge and folks were waiting on him and the others, but what they got was a story of horrific events, the savagery of man when pushed to the limits of survival and a couple of catchy song and dance numbers.

Grab your remote, a piece of raw meat and sit back and enjoy Cannibal the Musical brought to you from the mind of Trey Parker and the fine folks at Troma.

Our story begins with a brutal opening showing Alferd, played by Parker, greedily and very brutally having a snack at the expense of his fellow adventures. With a quick “That’s not how it happened!”, Parker takes over the narrative of the story and tells it to a young lady reporter by the name of Polly Pry. From here our adventure into song, cannibalism and the love between a man and a horse begins, almost like Paynecraft’s childhood.

If you are a fan of Parker’s other works like Orgazmo and Team America: World Police then this flick is made for you, is you don’t get his sometimes offbeat style you may find this one a little boring. Being a fan of Parker and Troma, I ate this one up, no pun intended.

The movie had a shoe string budget, but the effects and gore are quite good and they did a great job with location scouting, but what makes this one so fun, is the simple absurdity of it. Packer and crew run into everything from crazy French trappers to truly unique native Americans all the while battling hunger and singing catchy little ditties, my personal favorite is “Let’s Build a Snowman”. Matt Stone and Dian Bachar also show up to lend friend Parker a hand in the movie, as they also do in most of his other works as well.

Cannibal: The Musical is just simple fun and has garnered a following since it’s release. If you’ve never seen it, I think you should give it a try. But if a musical, slapstick, horror movie isn’t your cup of tea, you might want to leave this one on the shelf.

7 of 10